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The 25-year-old Elizabeth becomes queen after the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I. Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, will reign for 44 years. In that time, Protestantism will flourish as well as the arts and exploration. ‘The Virgin Queen’ will never marry. .

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.

1558: zabeth’s intention had been to exchange Le Havre for Calais, lost to France in January 1558.

1563: It was her first venture into France since the retreat from Le Havre in 1563.

1564: In 1564, Elizabeth raised Dudley to the peerage as Earl of Leicester.

1578: Public tributes to the Virgin by 1578 acted as a coded assertion of opposition to the queen’s marriage negotiations with the Duke of Alençon.

1584: In December 1584, an alliance between Philip II and the French Catholic League at Joinville undermined the ability of Anjou’s brother, Henry III of France, to counter Spanish domination of the Netherlands.

1594: The queen’s personal authority was lessening, as is shown in the 1594 affair of Dr. Lopez, her trusted physician.

— Source: wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England

(1869) Egypt’s canal brings Europe and Asia closer together

After 10 years of construction, the Suez Canal finally opens. Stretching across Egypt to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the 100-mile-long artificial waterway allows ships to travel between Europe and Asia without having to make the long and dangerous trip around Africa. .

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869. After 10 years of construction, it was officially opened on November 17, 1869. The canal offers watercraft a shorter journey between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas by avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans, in turn reducing the journey by approximately 7,000 kilometres. It extends from the northern terminus of Port Said to the southern terminus of Port Tewfik at the city of Suez. Its length is 193.30 km, including its northern and southern access channels. In 2012, 17,225 vessels traversed the canal.

Bridges: Suez Canal Bridge · El Ferdan Railway Bridge

— Source: wiki/Suez_Canal

(1968) NBC cuts away from thrilling NFL game for ‘Heidi’ movie

NBC stuns football fans when it breaks away from an intense Raiders-Jets game in the final seconds for the scheduled made-for-TV movie ‘Heidi,’ about a young girl in the Alps. The Raiders score twice and win the game 43-32, but only the fans in the stadium get to see it..

The Heidi Game or Heidi Bowl was an American Football League game played on November 17, 1968, between the Oakland Raiders and the visiting New York Jets. The game was notable for its finish, in which Oakland scored two touchdowns in the final minute to win the game 43–32, but was named for a decision by the game’s television broadcaster, NBC, to break away from its coverage of the game on the east coast to broadcast the television film Heidi, causing many viewers to miss the Raiders’ comeback.

Date: Nov 17, 1968

— Source: wiki/Heidi_Game

(1973) US President Richard Nixon to reporters: “I’m not a crook”

“People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. Nixon offers this declaration at a press conference where he had come to defend his record amid the Watergate scandal and allegations of financial impropriety. The quote will become one of his most infamous lines..

Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974, when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office. He had previously served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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